block grants

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plural of block grant
as in grants

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  1. subsidies
  2. annuities
  3. allocations
Noun
  • The vast majority, close to 20 million, received premium subsidies.
    Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • For instance, after severely cutting premium subsidies in 2017, the administration reintroduced them for a limited number of lower-income Americans.
    Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of subsidies
Noun
  • Plus, annuities are generally considered expensive and may come with higher fees than other types of investments.
    Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Join 4 others in the comments View Comments For now, these research results might be viewed as more conceptual than practical because annuities are complex and confusing for many people.
    Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of annuities
Noun
  • Portfolio manager allocations to China within global, Asia, and Emerging Markets mutual fund portfolios remain underweight, which, going into quarter and year-end, should be slightly problematic.
    Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • WisdomTree ran an analysis looking at the period from the end of 2013 through the end of November, studying how bitcoin performs at different allocations within a portfolio that’s split 60% toward stocks and 40% in fixed income.
    Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of allocations
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